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Muslims Terrorizing Christian Girls in Iraq
FrontPage Magazine 10 March 2010
Frank Kitman edited and translated a most heartbreaking testimony by Sister Hatune, of the Syrian-Orthodox monastery in Warburg, Germany. She makes an amazing effort to help and protect the ruthlessly persecuted Christians in Iraq. 
Suicide Sisterhood: Al-Qaida's Female Bombers
Post Chronicle 3 February 2010
A female suicide bomber killed 54 people, mainly pilgrims, in an al-Qaida attack on a Shiite shrine near Baghdad Monday. Days earlier, U.S. officials warned that female kamikazes, possibly linked
A Soldier Speaks Out on Iraq, from Iraq
Diana West 27 January 2010
Diana West
Today, I am posting an extraordinary letter from a soldier currently stationed in Iraq, a sometime penpal of mine to whom I sent my three-part series on the aftermath of the surge to elicit his opinion.
Yaron Brook’s Call to Action against Radical Islam
Ayn Rand Institute 13 January 2010
Yaron Brook comments on foreign policy in light of increasing terrorist attacks, and explains what a proper response to them would be.
Al-Qaeda killing mostly Muslims: 85% of casualties non-Westerners, report says
National Post 15 December 2009
By Peter Goodspeed
Most victims of al-Qaeda terrorist attacks are Muslims living in Muslim countries, says a new report from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The study, by the academy's Combatting Terrorism
Iraq: Italian minister links Al-Qaeda to Baghdad attacks
AKI - Adnkronos International 8 December 2009
Brussels - Italy's foreign minister Franco Frattini on Tuesday condemned the coordinated car bomb attacks that killed over 120 people and injured 500 in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. As
Britain 'deports Iraqi refugees'
Al Jazeera (English) 15 October 2009
Britain has forcibly sent 39 Iraqi asylum seekers back to Baghdad, a refugee group has said. The International Federation of Iraqi Refugees (Ifir) has raised concern over the welfare of the asylum seekers
Iraq PM warns Turkey: Stop cross-border operations
The Associated Press 15 October 2009
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA
The Iraqi prime minister warned Turkey on Thursday to stop conducting military operations across Iraq's northern border targeting Kurdish rebels and stressed that Iraq's sovereignty can not be violated, according to
Sweden: Saddam bodyguard to be deported
The Local 21 September 2009
An Iraqi man who claimed to have worked as a bodyguard for Saddam Hussein is to be deported from Sweden despite findings by the Swedish Migration Board (Migrationsverket) that his life is at risk
Bin Laden: 'Obama Is Powerless To Stop Wars'
Sky News 14 September 2009
Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has apparently insisted Barack Obama is "powerless" to halt the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The message, which accused "neo-conservatives" of maintaining a grip on the White
Belgium: Detention centers 'closed' to Muslims on Ramadan
Islam in Europe 01 September 2009
The Liege police arrested two illegals over the weekend, a Moroccan and an Iraqi, but the Aliens' Office didn't accept them into the closed detention center in Vottem since they are religious Muslims and it's Ramadan.
Germany awaits arrival of 144 Iraqi refugees from Syria
Earthtimes (press release) 25 August 2009
Damascus/Hanover, Germany. A group of 144 Iraqi refugees who took shelter in Syria are on their way to Germany Tuesday with the assistance of international organizations designed to help migrants.
'It Is Pointless to Talk to Al-Qaida'
Spiegel Online 17 August 2009
Harvard professor Joseph Nye talks to SPIEGEL about America's role in the world, the change of strategy under US President Barack Obama and how his concept of soft power can be used to solve
Diana West: Our Iraq strategy now a tale of 'diminishing returns'
Washington Examiner 17 August 2009
By Diana West
Question for Americans: How can we as a nation even consider using our military for a "surge" in Afghanistan when the "surge" in Iraq has left little more imprint on the sands of Mesopotamia
Wave of Iraq church bombings stretches into third day
Persecution.org 13 July 2009
A church in Iraq was bombed Monday, the seventh Christian house of worship in the country to be bombed in three days.
Lion's Den: Good-bye, finally, to Iraq's cities
Jerusalem Post 08 July 2009
By DANIEL PIPES
American forces departed Iraqi cities last week - to parades, fireworks and chants of "Out, America, Out!" and "America has left! Baghdad is victorious!" They left under a Status of Forces Agreement reached in November 2008 stipulating their "withdrawal from cities, towns and
Bodies of two British hostages handed over in Iraq identified
guardian.co.uk 22 June 2009
By Martin Chulov
Speculation over the condition of the three Britons still being held hostage in Iraq intensified yesterday as the Foreign Office revealed that formal identifications had been made of two bodies retrieved by British
Moderate Muslims Go On the Attack
Gates of Vienna 03 June 2009
By Dymphna
This story appeared in yesterday's news feed. I have been pondering the report and decided this evening to post on it. The UK Times had a story online about a recent clash between “Islamist extremists” and moderate Muslims.
Gothenburg: Family on trial for honor related violence and threats
Islam in Europe 12 May 2009
This story is not the usual 'honor'-violence type: The daughter being threatened, Jian, and her boyfriend are both apparently religious Muslims. Religious enough to get married by an imam
Sweden: Refugee families forced to flee
Islam in Europe 11 May 2009
Several Iraqi refugee families were forced by a local lynch mob to leave their homes in Vännäs (northern Sweden) Saturday night. The families were evacuated to another neighborhood.
